Credit Union Robber Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison

ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Henry E. Autrey on Thursday sentenced a man who robbed a credit union in Jennings, Missouri in 2018 to 12 years in prison. 

Shayne McKee, 42, pleaded guilty in June to robbery, brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence and being a felon in possession of a firearm. He admitted committing the armed robbery of the St. Louis Community Credit Union at 7345 West Florissant Avenue in Jennings, Missouri on May 5, 2018. McKee and an accomplice entered the credit union wearing masks and McKee announced a robbery, pulled a gun on bank employees and demanded money. 

McKee’s DNA linked him to the robbery. When he was arrested on Sept. 4, 2019, he had a backpack on his lap containing a loaded .45-caliber Glock pistol. As a felon, McKee was barred from possessing a firearm.

The FBI and the Saint Louis County Police Department investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Don Boyce and Cassandra Wiemken prosecuted the case.